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Learning Software Breakthrough Awarded Landmark Patent

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Reasoning® Systems Inc., the intelligence-software innovator, today announced it has been awarded a patent in the United States for its unique method of machine learning and natural language processing.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent no. 7,249,117 to Digital Reasoning® Systems on Tuesday, July 24, entitled "Knowledge Discovery Agent System and Method". The technology covered under this patent aims to provide a fundamentally new generation of machine-based natural human language applications.

With 38 claims, this far-reaching patent establishes Digital Reasoning® as the premier technology trailblazer in the market to analyze unstructured data.

This breakthrough patent grants broad protection for how artificial intelligence, including neural networks, genetic algorithms, and vector space models can be used to learn the meanings of symbols - such as words, categories, or numerical values. Understanding the subtle meaning of terms in context has been one of the "Holy Grails" of artificial intelligence. Not only is Digital Reasoning® fully able to accomplish this feat, it is now patented.

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